English Dictionary

off

/ɒf/

adv

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point. / Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. / So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated. / (theater) Offstage.

Turn off the lights before you leave.

意味（1）

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

意味（2）

Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

Please switch off the light when you leave.

意味（3）

So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

He bit off the end of the carrot.

意味（4）

(theater) Offstage.

noises off

意味（5）

Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.